this interview news live from berlin a fourth term for russia's president vladimir putin thanks his supporters in moscow after they had been his biggest victory ever to get reaction from the russian capital. meanwhile e.u. foreign ministers condemned the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter they say they take extremely seriously london's assessment that moscow is to blame that's a skeptical weapons experts are in the u.k. to test the samples of the talks and used in the attack.

i'm simply so misconduct good to have you with us let me put has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president final results given more than three quarters of the vote his biggest victory yet many say putin's win was a foregone conclusion that's after his most serious rival opposition leader alexina volley was banned from the race. for the to. retake like a pop star the man who's dominated russia's political stage for years and she now has the mandate to stay here for more. special room i should thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. to a rather subdued. once the head of the russian election commission confirms large

amir putin's landslide victory he won almost seventy seven percent of the vote but that victory is overshadowed by allegations of election fraud cameras inside polling stations showed signs of forged ballots being submitted by the handful although russian authorities have denied widespread irregularities the reports concern of is germany was quick to voice its reservations about putin's win. here regarding the russian election we can't talk about a fair election as we know it. it's over it's over given up for that's why we assume russia will remain a difficult partner but we need russia to solve the major international issues we are currently facing that's so we hope to maintain our dialogue. china though has welcome putin's latest success. which is what we believe in the president putin's leadership russia will continue its stable development and play

a bigger role in international affairs. yes president putin has allowed himself some time to celebrate yet again he's on the front pages and the top man in the russian federation. ring indeed it is your ear chateau our correspondent in moscow for more on the story how yuri we heard germany's new foreign minister saying that these elections were neither free nor fair is that a fair assessment. well looks to me this time is so a real effort from the government to make this election to look free and fair finally president putin won almost seventy seven percent of the vote with an official participation of sixty seven percent one of the measures taken by the kremlin of was that the establishment of an electoral commission also c.c.t.v. cameras who are set up in polling stations and observers who are present present

from different countries nevertheless the problem wasn't to the election itself in my opinion up to two thousand detected in many places who bore into the biggest problem what metal its most is that the whole system preparing the election the only true critic of the kremlin the extent of all me was about the beret from running other critics intimidated reportedly universities pressured to their students into voting there in the universities there rather than their homes in an effort to control their participation in all of these events make me doubt that this election was free and fair but your of those manipulations that you mentioned on election day itself we saw some footage of ballot stuffing voter intimidation taking place will any action be taken against that well look at the first step of the central electoral commission report that the some from old however not further measures have been taken to our knowledge so far even though some cases documented by c.c.t.v. cameras my to be investigated at the end of the day they had all the electoral

commission l upon feel of i announced that from her point of view not significant for all to place your leading up to the vote we solve lattimer put in a ramp up as nationalist rhetoric now that he has won another term what more can we expect from him going forward. well i mean mr putin presented himself to the russians as a strong leader determined to a strong foreign policy or indeed to millions of russians who like him the question is rather why they do it yet again it's all about the popular myth of stability that she is carefully maintained all maintained by state television given the opposition little chance to criticize the system and to expose of the many problems in this country the question is of course what's coming now and will liberal or conservative forces prevail in the kremlin it's clear that russia needs reforms

it's highly dependent on oil and gas medical care isn't a catastrophic state in russia rural regions since the collapse of the soviet union russia has developed very little economical it and politically now mr putin has six years to prove that he really is the right president for russia but critics highly don't that davies correspondent yury rachet a reporting from moscow thank you yuri. foreign ministers meeting in brussels have condemned the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. they also say they take extremely seriously the london's assessment that moscow is to blame service cripple and his daughter yulia are said to be in critical condition following the attack in the english town of salisbury two weeks ago international chemical weapons inspectors are due there today to investigate the incident russia denies responsibility and says the u.k. has failed to provide proof in speaking in brussels earlier today u.k.

foreign secretary boris johnson said he believed russia was not telling the truth. this is a classic russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in a haystack all lawyers sound a prescription and what really strikes me talking to european friends and partners today is that twelve years off to be assassination dogs on the libyan coast in london the norte brooding anybody in the movie. well let's bring in our correspondent gary mattis who is standing by for us in brussels hi garrick they even saying today it's taking britain's assessment extremely seriously that isn't a full endorsement why is that. all that is because the e.u. so unqualified solidarity is not directed towards blaming gratia up front but towards the case itself so the e.u. now practically has to wait until they get the verdict from these international.

experts on whether this indeed is a russian north h. and if now if it turns out that that is the case then it takes another step to basically step louche whether russia is to be planed for the incident so it's complex would there be support for sanctions or any other type of counter measures within the e.u. . sanctions currently sumeet not on the table for a number of reasons basically key reason is it's not in the interests of a number of member states for instance austria who seek closer economic ties but also the fact that sanctions which are in place already over the annexation of crimea extensive sanctions are every time they're extended there and there's a strong debate whether they are really effective whether they help putin create a vicious cycle of pointing towards the west and saying look evil europeans are

placing sanctions on us though so there's already a debate in place and then you have to see it just take a look at today's foreign ministers agenda you have on it ukraine with ten thousand people dead counting and no progress you have syria with russian involvement so in both cases ukraine and and syria you need to keep channels open and to talk to russia in order to bring things forward that is the argument of many foreign ministers they're meeting in brussels today kerrigan they'll be athon that this week with e.u. leaders that what can we expect there another strong message of solidarity i'm sure in times of threats it that is also very important and then the difficult thing that the tightrope basically for the leaders will be. to find the right punitive measures or a strong on server while at the same time not escalating the crisis breaking down the last communication channels the european union has with russia is not in the

interests of the twenty eight member states and a tricky line to walk for the european union did any scared not just for us in brussels thank you karen. to syria now where at least one hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee the fighting as turkish forces take control of a free it has been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia if they use as terrorists kurdish sources now accuse the turkish military of mass looting and destruction that's as turkey vows to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town have been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it's the turkish flag that waves over after in. the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a y.p.

g techie says the y p g is an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist p k k group it claims it's made up of terrorists and is a threat to its national security. across the border news of africa's capture was met with jubilation by turkish president and one and his supporters most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army are cleaning the remains of the traps they left behind in the center of the free in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of terrorists. one of the first actions of the turkish banks fighters was to demolish a statue commemorating a legendary kurdish figure. there are also reports from the syrian observatory for human rights of looting right across the city. but the kurds remain defiant with an official warning that the war with turkey has now

entered what they called a new phase. was that the how were all our forces and afghan will be a nightmare for the turkish troops and its allies the resistance in africa will continue until the liberation of every inch of the town and until the return of the residents of afrin into their villages and homes that. are what. for this is villian population of affray in turkey's offensive has been devastating more than one hundred fifty thousand people most of them kurds have been forced to flee for their lives in the last week as turkey attacked the city from the and the ground battle of the us we fled because of the airstrikes and the bombardment of our villages by the turks there is no united nations or international community anymore they have forgotten all morality what can we do is civilians turkey is amongst a country. without totals up until the recent turkish attacks afrin had

been a safe haven cheering syria's war now in its eighth year after the capture of a friend it's unclear what will become of those fleeing the town and if or when they will be able to return to their homes. now to some other stories making news around the world the e.u. chief breaks it negotiator michel barnier has hailed what he called a decisive step after britain and the e.u. reached agreement on the terms of a post break that transition period under that agreement would remain in place until the end of twenty twenty but there is still disagreement over the status of the border between ireland and northern ireland a bomb planted on a motorbike has killed at least three people and injured several others in eastern afghanistan the blast in the city of jalalabad went off as people left a political rally organized by a former militant commander who made peace with the government last year he was unhurt in the blast. and authorities are warning people in southeast australia to

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